Austin Gomber and three relievers combined on a shutout as the visiting Colorado Rockies edged the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 Sunday.
Tyler Kinley, Brent Suter, Justin Lawrence combined to get the last nine outs for the Rockies, who took two of three games in the series. Lawrence earned his ninth save.
Reliever Zack Thompson was the Cardinals' opener in a bullpen start while Miles Mikolas completed his suspension. Thompson struck out eight batters in four innings and allowed one run on two hits and a walk. Colorado scored the game's only run in the third inning. Brenton Doyle hit a leadoff double, moved up on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Ezequiel Tovar's sacrifice fly.
The Cardinals stranded two more runners in the sixth inning. Nolan Gorman hit a leadoff single and moved up on Andrew Knizner's two-out single, but Nootbaar was retired on a chopper in front of the plate.
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